Bio

Scott Kingston, a native of Columbus Georgia, was named head coach of the Mitchell College baseball program in August 2010.

Coach Kingston has held positions at Frostburg State University, The University of Michigan, Keystone College, and Indian River State College.

Throughout his tenure at Michigan he served as recruiting coordinator, and also assisted in all phases of program management with an emphasis on hitters. In 2005 Kingston helped lead the Wolverines to a NCAA regional berth, with the most notable victories being over top five nationally ranked University of Georgia, and The University of North Carolina. While at Michigan, he coached seven players that were drafted by Major League Baseball, the class he assisted in recruiting went on to have four players drafted,  and coached  two players that have been recently been called up to the Major Leagues in Chris Getz, and Clayton Richard.

At Frostburg State Coach Kingston served as recruiting coordinator, and hitting coach. While at Frostburg he implemented a recruiting program from the ground up, wrote an article published in Scholastic Coach, "Pickoffs and Bunt Defenses", and went on to assist the Bobcats in an overall record of 40-26 throughout his two years there.

While at Keystone College, a division three institution, he served as associate head baseball coach and recruiting coordinator. He also developed, implemented, and supervised the Giants strength and conditioning program. The Giants were ranked as high as fourth in the country en route to a 40-6 record, while having the highest winning percentage of all colleges and universities throughout the country. The Giants finished the 2009 season losing in the championship round of the Mid Atlantic regional falling one game short of playing for an opportunity to advance to the division three College World Series. Under Kingston's direction, the offense was ranked second in the nation in runs scored, and sixth in team batting average. In this past years fall recruiting class at Keystone, Kingston attracted three junior college All Americans, two players that had previously been drafted by major league baseball, and 21 student athletes total from 7 different states, from New York to Florida. Four of those players were chosen in the 2010 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, and a fifth is currently playing independent professional baseball.

Kingston's latest position took him to Indian River State College, in Fort Pierce, Florida. Kingston again implemented and supervised the Pioneer's strength and conditioning program, worked with the hitters, and helped sign sixteen student athletes, one of which was chosen in the fifth round of this year's Major League Baseball Amateur Draft.

Kingston prides himself on recruiting talented student athletes of high character. He also puts a premium on personal, academic, and player development. He has recruited, coached, and mentored 18 student athletes who have went to play professional baseball. His ultimate goal is to make sure his student athletes leave his program more responsible, better well rounded, and better suited for the game of life, be it professional baseball, the corporate world, or whatever endeavor they take on.

As a player, Kingston won three high school state championships under 2004 National High School coach of the year, Bobby Howard. He was a Georgia Dugout Club all state selection as a senior, and was drafted by the New York Yankees. He started his collegiate career at Middle Georgia College, and wrapped it up at The University of West Georgia.

"I am very excited to have been chosen as the new leader of the Mitchell College baseball program, and accepted into the Mitchell family," said Kingston at the time of his hire. "There is an excellent foundation in place, including great people, great academics, great resources, a beautiful campus, and an amazing part of the country. My enthusiasm to bring Mitchell College baseball to regional prominence is immediate."

"We are very excited to have Scott join the Mitchell Athletic Team and his experience in recruiting, player development, and conditioning are sure to add to an already successful baseball team," said Athletic Director Mo White. 

Since joining the Mariners, Kingston was selected to represent the NECC as a member of a regional advisory committee for NCAA Division III baseball. He is one of six head coaches on the nine-member committee that represent the New England region. Committees are charged with gathering and sharing results from teams within their conference or geographic area, as well as ranking the top teams in their region. The groups also provide input for the section of umpires and sites for NCAA championship competition.